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单词 pierides
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Pierides

[ pahy-er-i-deez ]
/ paɪˈɛr ɪˌdiz /

plural noun Classical Mythology.

the Muses.
nine Thessalian maidens who challenged the Muses to a singing contest, lost, and were changed into magpies for insulting the victors.

Words nearby Pierides

pierhead, Pieria, Pierian, Pierian Spring, pierid, Pierides, pieridine, pieris, Piero della Francesca, Piero di Cosimo, pierogi
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Example sentences from the Web for Pierides

  • His own enrolled unrhythmical bardic troops (humorous mercenaries when Celts) do his trumpeting best, and offend not the Pierides.

    The Celt and Saxon, Complete|George Meredith
  • The same thing happened since to the Pierides; so much has fable always imitated sacred history.

    Voltaire's Romances|Franois-Marie Arouet

British Dictionary definitions for Pierides

Pierides
/ (paɪˈɪərɪˌdiːz) /

pl n Greek myth

the MusesSee Muse
nine maidens of Thessaly, who were defeated in a singing contest by the Muses and turned into magpies for their effrontery
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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